This may well win the prize for "most intriguing thread of the month." Thanks for starting it, mg. You bring so many interesting songs to our attention.

Gee, you'd think that if this song were recorded on a Dominic Behan LP titled Ireland Sings, it would also be in the Dominic Behan songbook titled Ireland Sings I looked through the index of the songbook, and then the first line of every song in the book - no darn luck, none at all.

I did come across an interesting (but unrelated) article titled "Singing the Famine." I scanned it rather quickly and didn't find mention of this song, but it looks like it's worth reading: http://socio.univ-lyon2.fr/IMG/pdf_O_Laoire_Williams_-_Singing_the_famine.pdf.

-Joe-

If somebody else has the Ireland Sings songbook and can double-check me, I'd appreciate it. I can't believe the song isn't in there.